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[coppelganger]

Hey, it's Sarah. Leave a message.

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out-of-nowhere text

[hostage]

I know where the bodies are coming from

text;

[coppelganger]

call me as soon as you can

[hostage]

[It's a short while. He has to wait until Kavinsky's asleep before ducking out to the balcony of their hotel room. When he calls her, his voice is hushed:]

Hey, it's me.

[coppelganger]

[ Sarah picks up as soon as her phone rings. ]

What's going on?

[hostage]

Okay, first thing is this: The bodies aren't real. They look real, but they're not people and they never were. They're not your sisters.

[coppelganger]

I know, Jesse. I suspected, anyway.

[ Which is pretty much the single reason she hasn't been coping in her Usual Ways. ]

[hostage]

[Good.]

The second thing is, it's an accident. It's not a threat or something twisted like that. He was scared and his powers got out of control.

[coppelganger]

Right.

[ Sarcasm, it's happening. ]

[hostage]

What, you think I'm lying to you? He hasn't been able to sleep in like a week. I had to go collect his ass and knock him out. I'm not kidding here.

[coppelganger]

Am I supposed to feel bad for him, Jesse? Whoever he is? I thought one of my sisters had been killed. Whoever made those bodies dumped them like rubbish and let us think the worst.

[hostage]

I'm not asking you to feel bad for him. He's a fucking idiot. I'm just telling you he wasn't actually trying to hurt you guys. I'm telling you this stuff so you can stop worrying about it, you know?

[coppelganger]

Noted. Thanks.

[hostage]

Yeah. Okay. You need anything?

[coppelganger]

Just a name.

[hostage]

I don't roll on my people, Sarah. You wouldn't like working for me if I did.

[coppelganger]

So you'll tell me you know who it is, but you won't tell me his name.

[hostage]

He's one of mine. I'm handling it. That's all you need to know. I'd protect you the same way if something ever happened, you know that.

[coppelganger]

You know I'm going to find out, Jesse.

[hostage]

And then what?

[coppelganger]

I don't know yet.

[hostage]

Revenge, right? Get back at him for scaring you. You wanna hurt him? I mean, you know what happens if you do, right? I heal him, and then it's just me you're hurting. So what's that do for any of us?

[coppelganger]

Nobody fucks with my family, Jesse. I don't care if it was accidental. Whoever it was should've grown some balls and come to me about it instead of hiding behind you.

[hostage]

Those things weren't your family. They're dolls.

Look, I told you: He's mine. And I'm not gonna let you hurt one of my boys over a mistake. Don't make this ugly, Sarah.

[coppelganger]

I'm making this ugly. [ She laughs. ] Fine, Jesse. Thanks for all your help.

[hostage]

You're fucking welcome. Don't mess with me. I mean that.